Aaaaand... Apparently he's adding fuel to the flames:
Despite this quarrel, Levante are doing fine in the league as thanks to the three vicroties in a row they are now mid-table, as per the board's expectations:
There is no "I" in team, but there is an "I" in pie. And there's an "I" in meat pie. Anagram of meat is team... I don't know where I'm going with this..
Good to see you comfortably mid table. Celta Vigo need to get this Caine guy in. I reckon he could do a job for em.
life without El Zhar isn't as difficukt as I had expected honestly. It's true that he won us a huge load of points, especially the win against Vigo... By the way, talking about Vigo, it looks like they're not faring well at all: their manager is the first victim of the season apparently, and some of the fans' reactions have been hilarious:
Mourino at Vigo! Love it! Cleaning house like usual. Lol
Well they're actually abysmal so... Yes, I believe that Mouriño did the right thing. As usual, when a team isn't going as expected, it's the manager that pays the consequences, even if it's not his fault or, at least, not only his fault.
But let's go back to the main topic: we've received a lot of support from the fans about El Zhar's injury:
Pepe's got quite the mouth at his fingertips; I think he might be worse than Sigi.
I must thank them for all the support, but... We're all used to Pepe, to his tackles and to him never keeping his mouth shut, aren't we?
Still, without El Zhar we still managed to collect some heavy points, not without controversy especially against Zaragoza. I jumped up and started shouting for the penalty when I saw it, but I'm not that sure anymore after seeing it again on TV after the match:
The bad thing is that we lost to Valencia. You may think they almost gave us a hiding if you just see the results but it's not like that. Yoel saved almost everything he could save and also something he shouldn't have been able to... We hit the woodwork twice, yet we lost 3-0 and this allows no excuse in the end. In all honesty, we misplaced a lot of passes so we somehow deserved to lose there. Not by that margin though.
Luckily enough we managed to bounce back immediately after the derby, as we defeated Espanyol with a very convincing performance... Apart from the way Nikos celebrated after scoring of course. That "I'm an albatraoz" song has become viral way too much for my liking.
Now I gotta go dear journal, tomorrow I'll have the monthly meeting with the oard and I already know they'll want to know what happened against Valencia and what we're going to do to make sure that it won't happen again.
Losing the derby match will hurt - there's nothing worse for the fans! I remember Rubi's first game at the Mestalla where Levante outplayed Valencia but lost! Sickening
Tenth place is a great start after thirten games it show you will be competitive in the league against most teams
Thans guys! Yeah, luckily the table is very tight so a couple of good results would see us climb up big time. Well, not exactly like what happened this month though.
The only positive thing is that we defeated Sigi this month.
Slip ups like Valencia can happen, but I believe that you can win! (kind of catchy once you say it a few times).
Hopefully you're right, as we'll be facing them twice in the cup in January after disposing of Albacete Balompié this month (with a huge win at home and an abysmal defeat away, with players who rarely see the pitch in the league though:
Bad month overall there. A solid but expected win over Tenerife, and you walloped Albacete in the first leg (although losing in the second leg made that result much less impressive so I'm a bit mixed on that too at this point) but other than that the month was less than great. Your players have gotta get their crap together so you can have a shot at Europe come the end of the year.
Those two losses can't be good for you league standing, but pretty good cup win. Perhaps going the cup route might be the way to Europe next season. If Keller finds himself in a bind think: WWSD.
Damn. BIt of a struggle still. Think it'll take you a while to settle in and get some good results.
Thank you everyone for the support!
Yeah things are not going exactly like planned but we're still there in the mix. A couple of good results and we'll be back in a good position.
He'd probably be already bragging with something like "we'll be kicking Valencia out of the cup with ease", so I don't think it's the case to ask myself what would he do honestly.
it's Christmas morning and I just received one of the worst presents ever: Andreas Ivanschitz is out for two weeks.
I mean, why can't we have some luck for once?
Some of the guys asked me to go out fo a drink last night to celebrate Christmas, and after a couple of beers we decided to go to the ice rink to have some fun.
Wonderful place, isn't it? This little iced square in the centre of the city is what we needed to spend some time together relaxing and without thinking about the league, about the cup, about the injuries...
Everything looked fine until Andreas slipped and went down in pain. Of course we had to give up our Christmas party and rush him to the closest hospital, where he also had to spend the night waiting to be checked by an orthopaedist.
Useless to say, our fears became true this morning when he finally got checked:
So, we'll begin the next year without both the wingers, and without Sissoko which is one of our best players in the midfield. Apparently El Zhar and Sissoko will be back during the first days of the month, while Andreas will miss several matches including the first leg of the cup tie against Valencia.
Merry Christmas dear journal... I wish Santa had brought me a magical healing potion, but apparently such a potion doesn't exist. Or, at least, this is what Santa said to me.
Unfortunately it's so... And if you consider that the fans are already angry for the last month to the point that the board had to call a press conference in which Keller would answer the fans' and the journalists' questions (by the way, questions are welcome) you get the idea of how dangerous the situation could become...
Mr. Keller, how do you respond to the allegations that you intentionally rigged the ice to intentionally make Ivanschitz slip and injure himself to try to cover up an affair involving Sigi Schmid and Ivanschitz's wife?
Rated E For Everyone.
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Aaaaand... Apparently he's adding fuel to the flames:
Good to see you comfortably mid table. Celta Vigo need to get this Caine guy in. I reckon he could do a job for em.
life without El Zhar isn't as difficukt as I had expected honestly. It's true that he won us a huge load of points, especially the win against Vigo... By the way, talking about Vigo, it looks like they're not faring well at all: their manager is the first victim of the season apparently, and some of the fans' reactions have been hilarious: Well they're actually abysmal so... Yes, I believe that Mouriño did the right thing. As usual, when a team isn't going as expected, it's the manager that pays the consequences, even if it's not his fault or, at least, not only his fault.
But let's go back to the main topic: we've received a lot of support from the fans about El Zhar's injury: I must thank them for all the support, but... We're all used to Pepe, to his tackles and to him never keeping his mouth shut, aren't we?
Still, without El Zhar we still managed to collect some heavy points, not without controversy especially against Zaragoza. I jumped up and started shouting for the penalty when I saw it, but I'm not that sure anymore after seeing it again on TV after the match:
The bad thing is that we lost to Valencia. You may think they almost gave us a hiding if you just see the results but it's not like that. Yoel saved almost everything he could save and also something he shouldn't have been able to... We hit the woodwork twice, yet we lost 3-0 and this allows no excuse in the end. In all honesty, we misplaced a lot of passes so we somehow deserved to lose there. Not by that margin though.
Luckily enough we managed to bounce back immediately after the derby, as we defeated Espanyol with a very convincing performance... Apart from the way Nikos celebrated after scoring of course. That "I'm an albatraoz" song has become viral way too much for my liking.
Now I gotta go dear journal, tomorrow I'll have the monthly meeting with the oard and I already know they'll want to know what happened against Valencia and what we're going to do to make sure that it won't happen again.
It is always sad to lose a derby against the "Chotos" though... especially at home.
At least you defeated Real Madrid B... I mean Espanyol.
Yeah, I agree... And you haven't seen Victor's shot hit the post yet:
Wonder if CR will be moving
Mid zone but quite near Europe... I guess that the following weeks will tell us more about your future.
Thans guys! Yeah, luckily the table is very tight so a couple of good results would see us climb up big time. Well, not exactly like what happened this month though.
The only positive thing is that we defeated Sigi this month.
Hopefully you're right, as we'll be facing them twice in the cup in January after disposing of Albacete Balompié this month (with a huge win at home and an abysmal defeat away, with players who rarely see the pitch in the league though:
Yeah things are not going exactly like planned but we're still there in the mix. A couple of good results and we'll be back in a good position.
Thank you pal, glad you liked them!
He'd probably be already bragging with something like "we'll be kicking Valencia out of the cup with ease", so I don't think it's the case to ask myself what would he do honestly.
it's Christmas morning and I just received one of the worst presents ever: Andreas Ivanschitz is out for two weeks.
I mean, why can't we have some luck for once?
Some of the guys asked me to go out fo a drink last night to celebrate Christmas, and after a couple of beers we decided to go to the ice rink to have some fun.
Everything looked fine until Andreas slipped and went down in pain. Of course we had to give up our Christmas party and rush him to the closest hospital, where he also had to spend the night waiting to be checked by an orthopaedist.
Useless to say, our fears became true this morning when he finally got checked:
Merry Christmas dear journal... I wish Santa had brought me a magical healing potion, but apparently such a potion doesn't exist.
Or, at least, this is what Santa said to me.
Mr. Keller, how do you respond to the allegations that you intentionally rigged the ice to intentionally make Ivanschitz slip and injure himself to try to cover up an affair involving Sigi Schmid and Ivanschitz's wife?